В ожидании наследства. Страница из жизни Кости Бережкова

Master satiry XIX stoletii͡a N.A. Leĭkin vyvodit i͡arkie li͡udskie tipazhi - samye uznavaemye i po seĭ denʹ - v svoem smeshnom, dramatichnom i nravouchitelʹnom romane iz peterburgskoĭ zhizni. Kupecheskiĭ syn Kosti͡a Berezhkov bez uma ot khoroshenʹkoĭ kafeshantannoĭ aktrisy Nadezhdy Larionovny i gotov dli͡a nee na li͡ubye podvigi. Dama serdt͡sa trebuet podnosheniĭ v kachestve dokazatelʹstv ego li͡ubvi: shubu, loshadeĭ s kucherom, brilliantovui͡u broshku, postoi͡annye ugoshchenii͡a v restoranakh. Vot tolʹko deneg-to u nezadachlivogo vli͡ublennogo i net. No vedʹ ego bogatyĭ di͡adi͡a ti͡azhelo bolen i so dni͡a na denʹ umret, a znachit, mozhno nabratʹ dolgov…

The master of satire of the XIX century N.A. Leikin brings out bright human types — the most recognizable to this day — in his funny, dramatic and moralizing novel from St. Petersburg life. Merchant's son Kostya Berezhkov is crazy about the pretty cafe actress Nadezhda Larionovna and is ready for any feats for her. The lady of the heart demands offerings as proof of his love: a fur coat, horses with a coachman, a diamond brooch, constant treats in restaurants. That's just the money that the unlucky lover does not have. But after all, his rich uncle is seriously ill and will die any day, which means that you can collect debts…